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Child Nutrition Programs (other than WIC)

USDA's child nutrition programs help ensure that children receive nutritious meals and snacks that promote health and educational readiness. These programs are administered by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, with a total cost of more than $23 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2019.

Child nutrition program expenditures by program, fiscal year 2019

Meals served in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, fiscal years 1971-2019

Certification status of average daily school lunch participants, fiscal years 1971-2019

Certification status of average daily school breakfast participants, fiscal years 1975-2019

Average daily attendance in CACFP family day care homes and child care centers, fiscal years 1989-2019

Summer Food Service Program distribution sites and average daily attendance in July, fiscal years 1989-2019

After-school snacks served annually through National School Lunch Program (NSLP) After-School Snack Program, fiscal years 2003-19